AMD has issued a new advisory regarding the performance characteristics of its new Ryzen 7000 processors, stating that it has received reports of unexpected performance deltas in certain games.
Moreover, despite unfounded rumours of Windows 11 performance issues, the company has not observed any unexpected outcomes when comparing Windows 10 with Windows 11. Here's the complete AMD advisory:
We have been made aware of reports of unexpected performance deltas in certain games with AMD Ryzen desktop processors as well as performance variances between Windows 11 and Windows 10 in certain game titles. We are currently investigating but based on testing to date have not observed a material difference in game performance between OS versions across a variety of operating scenarios and game titles.
Many factors affect gaming performance, including the game engine, CPU architecture, GPU selection and memory choices. As new architectures enter the market, we often observe performance anomalies which must be addressed by the component vendor or the game publisher. This is not a new phenomenon nor is it unexpected.
As we have done since the introduction of Ryzen, when these performance anomalies are brought to light we will use them to steer our partner engagements with game developers and ecosystem hardware partners to implement optimizations that eliminate the variations.
A number of factors could be at work. Some games just prefer fewer cores and threads, and AMD's secondary CCD on any given dual-chiplet CPU runs at somewhat lower clock speeds as well. Due to the Infinity Fabric connectivity, there are also increased latencies associated with dual-chiplet configurations. All of these characteristics contributed to smaller deltas in some cases with prior Ryzen processors, although these impacts are usually addressed by game code optimizations. Let's wait and see what AMD has to say.
Update AMD 1/11/22; AMD renounces claims that Windows 11 and Windows 10 do not work well with Ryzen 7000.
We have been made aware of reports of unexpected performance deltas in certain games with AMD Ryzen desktop processors as well as performance variances between Windows 11 and Windows 10 in certain game titles. We are currently investigating but based on testing to date have not observed a material difference in game performance between OS versions across a variety of operating scenarios and game titles.
Many factors affect gaming performance, including the game engine, CPU architecture, GPU selection and memory choices. As new architectures enter the market, we often observe performance anomalies which must be addressed by the component vendor or the game publisher. This is not a new phenomenon nor is it unexpected.
As we have done since the introduction of Ryzen, when these performance anomalies are brought to light we will use them to steer our partner engagements with game developers and ecosystem hardware partners to implement optimizations that eliminate the variations.
Performance Advisory Issued by AMD for Ryzen 7000 Processors (updated)
